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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (Hardcover)
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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (Hardcover)
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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882) is a collection of
poems by Toru Dutt. Compiled after her death and published in
London, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is an invaluable
work of art from a pioneering figure in Indian history and Bengali
literature. Born in Calcutta to a family of Bengali Christians,
Toru Dutt was raised at the crossroads of English and Indian
cultures. In addition to her native Bengali, she became fluent in
English, French, and Sanskrit as a young girl, eventually writing
novels and poems in each language. Despite her limited body of
work, Dutt's legacy as a groundbreaking writer remains firm in
India and around the world. "Savitri was the only child / Of
Madra's wise and mighty king; / Stern warriors, when they saw her,
smiled, / As mountains smile to see the spring." In rhyming English
verse, Bengali poet Toru Dutt presents some of the oldest and most
sacred stories from ancient India. Translated from Sanskrit into
the popular ballad form, Dutt introduces an English audience to the
story of Savitri, originally from the epic Mahabharata, as well as
the tale of Lakshman, which comes from the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Alongside these poems appear Dutt's versions of Bengali
folklore-"Joghadhya Uma"-and poems written during her stay in
Europe. "Near Hastings" is a particularly beautiful example of her
original verse depicting an otherworldly encounter along the
English seacoast: "Near Hastings, on the shingle-beach, / We
loitered at the time / When ripens on the wall the peach, / The
autumn's lovely prime." With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Toru Dutt's
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is a classic work of
Bengali literature reimagined for modern readers.
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